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News update
14/05/2024
News update

Federal Budget 2024–25 is a missed opportunity

The federal government misses its chance to support quality disability services and provide much-needed confidence to a sector in crisis.
Media release
14/05/2024
Media release

Budget a missed opportunity to restore confidence to disability sector

Some welcome measures in the federal budget, but NDS are deeply disappointed at the lack of targeted measures to support a sector in crisis.

Fair Work Ombudsman updates its definition of Supported Employment Services

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17/10/2023

The Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) has updated their website to remove the outdated reference to the Disability Services Act 1986 (Cth) on its Supported Employment Services (SES) Award page .

The FWO gave the following explanation to the SES Award Transition Working Group, of which NDS is a member, requesting that we share it with our networks to prevent confusion:

Prior to 30 June 2023, clause 4.3 of the SES Award 2020 included the following definition of ‘supported employment services’:

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